OLD in a Sentence
Learn OLD from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
404 example sentences for OLD, such as:
1. She liked old Ben Weatherstaff.
2. He's getting deafer in his old age.
3. Economy is the easy chair of old age.
4. He is twelve years old, she explained.
5. That old temple is hidden among trees.
2. He's getting deafer in his old age.
3. Economy is the easy chair of old age.
4. He is twelve years old, she explained.
5. That old temple is hidden among trees.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of OLD
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old
a. of long duration; not new
a. skilled through long experience
Classic Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1 Then the old man's face wrinkled itself slowly into a new expression.
2 She liked old Ben Weatherstaff.
3 He is twelve years old, she explained.
4 Ben Weatherstaff's face twisted itself in a dry old smile.
5 "I'm no one," said old Ben dryly.
6 I never knew I lived in such a big queer old place.
7 The old lady whirled round, and snatched her skirts out of danger.
8 Can't learn an old dog new tricks, as the saying is.
9 Consound it, Tom Sawyer, you're just old pie, 'long-side o' what I am.
10 This phase filled the old lady's heart with consternation.
11 Mary had been rather tired of the old ones.
12 It was a lonely place, and an hour made solemn by old traditions.
13 Good, thought Huck, they will bury it in the old quarry.
14 Well, then, the old thing commenced again.
15 That pleased the old man till he couldn't rest.
Example Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1 The letter was misdirected to our old address.
2 Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle, old age a regret.
3 Economy is the easy chair of old age.
4 The follies of youth are food for repentance in old age.
5 He's getting deafer in his old age.
6 He attained a good old age and died content.
7 Planning for their old age gives people an aim in life.
8 The old house has grown shabby with age.
9 There was an air of romance about the old castle.
10 We couldn't induce the old lady to travel by air.
11 A large proportion of old people live alone.
12 Although my car is very old, it still runs very well.
13 Although he's quite old he's still very active.
14 That old temple is hidden among trees.
15 Of young men die many, of old men escape not any.